Chocolate Covered Cranberry

Did I have you at chocolate?  I'm going to sweeten the deal and say cranberry too!  This Chocolate Covered Cranberry is the PERFECT cocktail to help you celebrate Valentine's Day.......or any day really!

A new year is upon us!  

I for one am very excited about it.  

Last year wasn't the best for me or my family with the loss of my mom.

I do believe in fresh starts though!

I was funny because of course the holidays were hard, but something clicked in me on New Years Eve and I was actually excited for the celebration and what it brought.  A BRAND NEW YEAR!

Something inside of me has been turned back on and I've already started cleaning, tried new recipes (I got an Instapot a year and 2 months ago, and FINALLY opened the box and used it), and just started enjoying life more!

Feels pretty darn good too!

Today I want to give you a recipe I created.  

It's pink, which reminds me of Valentine's Day.  

Not that we're big Valentine's Day celebrators over here, but sometimes a pink cocktail is just called for.

This cocktail is an easy one to make and it packs a good amount of flavor too.  You can really taste the chocolate and cranberry flavors inside.  Yum!!

You can't go wrong with chocolate whipped vodka.

Cranberry juice just seals the deal on the yum scale!

Here is my recipe, which I know you'll enjoy especially if you enjoy cranberry juice in your cocktails.

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Chocolate Covered Cranberry

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces chocolate whipped vodka
• 2 ounces cranberry juice
• 1 ounce creme de cacao (light)
• 1/2 ounce heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 ounce grenadine

instructions:

1. In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.
2. Shake and strain into a tall cocktail glass.
3. Shake what ever is left in the shaker real well and strain onto the top of the cocktail to give it a frothier top.

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Here's to a New Year and a new fresh start!  I hope this year is the best ever for you all!

Tiramisu Martini

Tiramisu Martini

Tiramisu Martini is oh so delicious and the perfect cocktail to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Hey everyone!  

It's me.  

I am soooo excited to show you all this cocktail I just created!  

Soooo sooooo excited.  

Can you say chocolatey? (Side note, I'm not a huge chocolate fan...but this here cocktail, oh my!)  

Tiramisu is my husbands and my dessert.  Reason being is that when we went to Tahoe for a snowboarding trip all of those years ago, my husband proposed and for our engagement dessert they gave us a tiramisu.  

From then on, it has always held a very special place in my heart.

I know.........I know.........it's been a while since my last post.  A little bit over a month to be exact, but I will tell you it's been absolutely crazy around here.  

Anyone else have 4 kids in school ranging from a senior in high school (gasp.....I need to stop saying that out loud--maybe it won't be true) to a kindergartner?  

Between the 4 different times they are getting out of school to the four different levels of homework, throw in a couple different sports, trying to figure out college paths, second grade field trips.......you know what I'm going to stop right there or I might make myself another one of these SUPER DELICIOUS cocktails to drink.

It has definitely been a while since I have made a cocktail where I drizzle chocolate syrup inside of the glass.

I had forgotten how much fun it was to drink a cocktail like that!  I also rimmed the glass with chocolate syrup as well as cocoa powder.

Then it's just mixing the ingredients, shaking and straining.  Yup, it's THAT easy!

After that  you get to do the best part of making a cocktail, drink it!

Here is my recipe for a Tiramisu Martini:

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Tiramisu Martini

by September-29-2016

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces vanilla vodka
• 1 1/2 ounces creme de cacao
• 1 1/2 ounces coffee liqueur
• 3/4 ounces Irish Cream Liqueur
• chocolate syrup
• cocoa powder

Instructions

Drizzle chocolate syrup around the inside of a martini glass. Stick the glass in the freezer to firm up the chocolate. In a shaker, add ice, vanilla vodka, crème de cacao, coffee liqueur and Irish Cream Liqueur. Shake well. Take martini glass out of freezer and rim with more chocolate syrup and them rim that with cocoa powder. Strain cocktail into the martini glass and enjoy.

Here is a photo of the ingredients

Here's to the last couple days of September, yup, there goes another month!  I am looking forward to October though.  I can't wait to start decorating the house for Halloween and creating Halloween and Fall type cocktails!

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Jellyfish (shooter)

Is this week over yet?  

Is it Friday yet?  

Wait........I'm not ready for the weekend yet, so it can't be here already....I just REALLY need this week to be over already.  Needless to say these past 3 days have been....crazy.

Last Friday our oldest took his test at the DMV to get his permit.  

Passed!!  

Yesterday he had his first official "behind the wheel" instruction.  Now that his first 2 hours are done, he can now drive with a licensed driver 35 or older!  

So today....he and I took our first drive.  

He "very willingly" drove me to Target, he did great!  We are slowly working towards those 50 hours of driving he and I (or my husband, my folks, his aunts/uncles) have to complete, yeay!!

I wanted to make a fun shooter today so I searched online.  

I found the same recipe for a Jellyfish shooter over and over again, so I thought I'd give it a try.  

It's a fun shooter to make and a nice quick one to drink.  I have made one similar in the past, Brain Hemorrhage, which was really good.  

This one was easier to get down because there wasn't as much of the "hanging baileys" in the middle as there was in the Brain Hemorrhage.  All in all it was a pretty yummy shooter.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Jellyfish:

• 1/2 ounce white creme de cacao
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce Irish Cream liqueur
• 4 drops grenadine

In a shot glass, pour in the first two ingredients.  Next layer the Irish Cream on top of them.  With a straw drip 4 drops of grenadine in the middle.

Here's to another fun shooter!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady




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Gin Alexander

Day 247

Gin Alexander

3.5 shots out of 5

We made it!  

Another Friday is here.  

Another weekend of sports is upon us.  

This weekend is a baseball tournament for our oldest.  

Along with soccer of course.  

I keep fantasizing about the weekend after Thanksgiving.  

That will start a good slew of weekends where we do.....not......have......fifty millions games!

I gave tonight's this afternoon's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

First off I'd like to say that I am aware that ground nutmeg goes on top of a Gin Alexander.  

Unfortunately I don't have any, so since it is fall and I have been on a pumpkin kick lately, I substituted the nutmeg for pumpkin pie spice........not bad, I must say.  

I do like the way the cream compliments the gin in this cocktail.  

The dark creme de cacao adds a nice subtle flavor as well.  

The three ingredients do go well together.......it's just not as flavorful as some of my other cocktails and that's why it got a 3.5.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Gin Alexander:

• 1 oz gin
• 1 oz dark creme de cacao
• 1 oz cream
• nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above except for the nutmeg (or pumpkin pie spice, whichever you choose to use).  Shake until well mixed and strain into your martini glass.

Here's to starting the weekend off a little early!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Godiva Chocolate Martini

Day 240

Godiva Chocolate Martini

3.5 shots out of 5

It's day 240, that means those of you who have been with me on my adventure from the beginning have tuned in for a little over 34 weeks!  

8 months have gone by and we only have 4 more to go.  Time sure flies when you're making cocktails.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

This is a good cocktail.  

So good that it reminds me of chocolate milk.  

But chocolate milk?  

I wanted a cocktail........maybe something with a little bit of a bite to let me know, YES there is alcohol in here, NO you didn't just take a sip from your toddlers sippy cup.  

I found this recipe on the webtender site.  

I had also found another one somewhere else with vanilla vodka and Godiva Chocolate Liqueur only......maybe I'll try that one next time.  

One of the ingredients in this cocktail is half & half, and I didn't have any, so I substituted 1/2 of it with milk and the other 1/2 of it with cream.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Godiva Chocolate Martini:

• 3/4 oz Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• 3/4 oz creme de cacao
• 1/4 oz vodka (this is probably why I don't taste the bite I want to taste)
• 1 1/4 oz half & half

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake up your mixture really good.  Strain your cocktail into a chilled martini glass.

Here's to chocolate milk.  Here's to finding another version of this cocktail that has some kick!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Red Velvet Cake

Day 194

Red Velvet Cake

3.5 shots out of 5

I have seen those Red Velvet Martinis that have been floating around Pinterest for quite some time now.  

The really yummy looking ones call for some red velvet cake mix........which I don't have..........and can NEVER remember to get at the store.  

I then went on a hunt for one that does not have the cake mix as an ingredient.  

I found one on the..........ready for a big surprise?  Pinnacle vodka website!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

The cake flavor in the vodka totally comes through, which is awesome......especially in this cocktail.  It comes through, but does not mask the chocolate flavor in the creme de cacao.  

This cocktail is pretty good.  

The more I sip it the more I like it.  

For me, it's one of those cocktails that I can have one of, and then will need to switch to something else.  

Thank You Pinnacle for all of your amazing cocktail recipes, I'm enjoying them!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Red Velvet Cake:

• 2 oz Pinnacle Cake Vodka
• 1 oz creme de cacao
• 1/4 oz grenadine

In a shaker add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Here's to Monday nights, and good cocktails to go along with them!!

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Mad Dog

Day 179

Mad Dog

2 shots out of 5

I have to admit, I kinda had high hopes for tonight's cocktail.  

Lately I've been proven wrong time and time again, so I was thinking that EVEN THOUGH this is a tequila cocktail I would like it.  

Boy was I wrong.

I gave tonight's cocktail 2 shots out of 5.  

I was REALLY hoping that my old trusty friend Creme of Banana would come through for me and cut away enough of that tequila taste to make me like this cocktail.  

It didn't work.  

At first I thought, "Hey, this isn't too.........." SQUINCHED FACE!  

Oh well, can't like them all.  I taste a hint of the cacao at first followed by a good dose of the banana and then the tequila steps right in front and takes over.  

For those of you who enjoy tequila, you may very well enjoy this cocktail.  

For those of you who have had a BAD experience with tequila, I'd skip tonight's cocktail.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Mad Dog:

• 1 oz tequila
• 1 oz creme de banana
• 1 oz creme de cacao
• 1/2 oz lime juice

In a shaker add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain your cocktail into a short glass.

Hope you all had a great weekend!  I know we did!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Raspberry Chocolate Martini

Day 144

Raspberry Chocolate Martini

4.5 shots out of 5

Well hello again Raspberry Puree!  

It's good to see you again....I mean it!  

This is another cocktail recipe I got from the Finest Call website.  

I must say I am finding some very yummy cocktails on this site (as well as other alcohol and mix sites).  

Raspberry Puree is a quite yummy puree......I do admit.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  

I have to say my Raspberry Puree has been sitting in my fridge and it's level has not been going down much until my recent week-ish of using it in my cocktails.  

I'm not quite sure why I have been choosing the others over it....I guess it's more of a common flavor that I've just overlooked it for a while.  


I'm glad I revisited it, because some of these raspberry puree cocktails I've been making have been pretty darn good!  

In tonight's cocktail I can taste the bite of the vodka, the flavor of the raspberry and the subtle after taste of the chocolate.  

It's kind of a nice mixture of everything.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Raspberry Chocolate Martini:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz white creme de chocolate
• 1 oz raspberry puree

In a shaker add ice and all ingredients above.  Shake well until everything is mixed up well.  Strain into a martini glass and enjoy.

Here's to another great raspberry puree cocktail!  I am enjoying you very much!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady